From 1774d03fb2bf7734b4c56c1a53b536b623804082 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: =?utf8?q?Zbigniew=20J=C4=99drzejewski-Szmek?= Date: Fri, 26 Jul 2019 15:01:36 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] man: reword description of "-" for sysctl.d Follow-up for e08be64937. --- man/sysctl.d.xml | 8 +++++--- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/man/sysctl.d.xml b/man/sysctl.d.xml index 21ef6de..4932948 100644 --- a/man/sysctl.d.xml +++ b/man/sysctl.d.xml @@ -59,9 +59,11 @@ /proc/sys/net/ipv4/conf/enp3s0.200/forwarding. - If a variable assignment is prefixed with a single - character, any attempts to - set it that fail will be ignored (though are logged). Moreover, any access permission errors, and - attempts to write variables not defined on the local system are ignored (and logged) too. + Any access permission errors and attempts to write variables not defined on the local system are + logged, but do not cause the the service to fail. Moreover, if a variable assignment is prefixed with a + single - character, failure to set the variable will be logged, but will not cause the + service to fail. All other errors when setting variables cause the service to return failure at the end + (other variables are still processed). The settings configured with sysctl.d files will be applied early on boot. The network -- 2.7.4